Abstract: At the beginning of the nineteenth century，Protestant missionaries came to China and initiated the second tide of Western Chinese studies． The history of Western Sinology evolved with modern Chinese social changes． Western studies of Chinese went from forbidden to legal status． Because China was forced to open in the late Qing，the scope of Western activities was broadened，and the requirements of learning Chinese raised，with the result of an increase of Chinese teaching materials，rich types of textbooks and improved levels of quality． At the same time，new features of learning Chinese appeared． Based on the primary materials，it is necessary to draw the outline of the history of Chinese learning in the Englishspeaking world in this period． This is essential to the discipline of teaching Chinese as a second language，and also a crucial portion of interchange between Western countries and China．